China market: Fewer holiday days to dampen overall flat-panel TV sales during New Year to Lunar New Year in 2011

Jan 5, 01:50

Overall flat-panel TV sales during the New Year to Lunar New Year period in China are expected to drop due to their being about ten days of holidays fewer compared to 2010.

China to become battle field for flat panel component suppliers

Dec 23, 12:26

China will become a fierce battle field for suppliers of flat panel components to grasp business opportunities as Samsung Electronics, LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO) as well as China-based...

LG Electronics captures top share of flat panel TV shipments in India, says DisplaySearch

Dec 10, 16:04

LG Electronics increased its unit share of flat panel TV shipments to 22.7% in the third quarter of 2010, taking the top market share position in India's TV market, Samsung Electronics...

Taiwan-based flat panel makers look to rising capacity utilization rates

Dec 2, 01:15

Having suffered a decline in capacity utilization rates in the third quarter of 2010, Taiwan-based first-tier flat panel makers have seen a rebound recently, with Chimei Innolux (CMI)...

IC design houses see strong orders from LCD and notebook sectors

Nov 29, 12:34

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen an upsurge in orders from the TFT LCD panel and notebook sectors, expecting the rebound in demand to last into January 2011, according to industry...

China has 13 5G and advanced production lines at the end of 3Q10, says CVIA

Nov 12, 02:10

China is actively developing its flat panel display (FPD) industry, and had a total of 13 5G or advanced TFT-LCD production lines at the end of the third quarter of 2010, according...

Creative replacement products help FPD industry to keep growing, says Samsung president

Nov 11, 16:40

Creative replacement will help the FPD industry to continue to grow. Five products will replace current products such as smart TVs replacing LCD/PDP TVs, tablet PCs replacing notebooks,...

CMI to showcase latest 3D, touch screen flat panel displays at FPD International 2010

Nov 9, 01:20

Chimei Innolux (CMI) will exhibit a complete range of new products at the FPD International 2010 to be held in Makuhari, Japan, from November 10 to 12. In addition to a debuting its...

Amtran reports 22% sequential revenue growth for September

Oct 8, 02:10

LCD TV maker Amtran Technology saw its revenues for September 2010 increase 22.2% sequentially and 4.1% on year to NT$5.53 billion (US$180.06 million).

Volume shipments of tablet PCs to not start until 2011, says CPT executive

Sep 30, 01:30

While a number of IT companies and handset vendors have unveiled tablet PC products, volume shipments are unlikely to hit the market until 2011 as most of the newly developed tablet...

CPT denies plans to produce IPS, FFS panels for Hydis, but ready for volume production

Sep 30, 01:25

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has denied that it will produce IPS and FFS panels for Hydis. However, due to the market potential of the two types of panels in the tablet PC segment,...

Taiwan and Japan flat panel makers lower utilization rates

Sep 16, 02:35

Taiwan- and Japan-based flat panel makers began to reduce their production recently, lowering their capacity utilization rates to 60-70% on average, and even to below 50% for some...

Sony takes top share position for flat panel TV shipments in 2Q10 for India, says DisplaySearch

Sep 9, 14:17

Sony increased its unit share of flat panel TVs to 27.1% in the second quarter of 2010 and took top share position in the India market, according to the DisplaySearch. The total TV...

Samsung posts strong 2Q10 profits on memory and LCD sales

Jul 30, 15:11

Samsung Electronics has announced net profits of 4.28 trillion won (US$3.61 billion) on consolidated revenues of 37.89 trillion won for the second quarter. Operating profits for the...

Japan market: Flat-panel TV shipments reach almost 9 million units in 1H10, says JEITA

Jul 26, 15:59

Shipments of flat-panel TV (larger than 10-inch) in Japan in the first half of 2010 totaled 8.99 million units, increasing 173.3% on year, according to data from the Japan Electronics...

China-based Visionox starts AMOLED trial production

Jun 3, 01:15

China-based Visionox has recently started trial production at its AMOLED line, which it has jointly set up with the Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center, according to...

Hotel TV shipments to grow more than 4 folds by 2013

May 28, 15:38

Hotel TV shipments are expected to rise to 7.4 million units in 2013, up from 1.7 million in 2009, equating to a CAGR of 55%. The shipments represent in-room hotel TVs sized greater...

Equipment maker Csun continues developing China operations

May 14, 15:25

Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing, which mainly makes equipment used in the production of PCBs and LCD panels, has revealed plans to take its Guangzhou, China subsidiary public in the...

Half of flat panel TVs to ship with Internet connection in 2013, says ABI Research

May 5, 17:02

As demand for connected devices expands, Internet-connected TVs form a category poised for growth and evolution. According to new forecasts from ABI Research, the estimated 19% of...

Amtran profits rise in 1Q10

Apr 30, 16:48

Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has announced net profit of NT$374 million (US$11.94 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up from NT$255 million for the previous qua...

World Cup drives flat panel TV growth in Brazil, says DisplaySearch

Mar 3, 14:34

Following a multi-year decline in TV demand, the flat panel TV market is forecast to heat up in Brazil in the run-up to the World Cup this summer, as the Brazil TV market has experienced...

Vizio takes lead in US LCD TV market in 2009, Samsung holds flat-panel top spot, says iSuppli

Feb 24, 10:06

US-based Vizio became the leading LCD TV brand in the United States in 2009 as its shipments increased 92.1% on year to 5.9 million units in 2009 from 3.1 million in 2008, while Samsung...

LCD equipment maker Kenmec to raise NT$915 million in capital

Jan 26, 16:42

Chip-manufacturing automation tool maker Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, which also makes production equipment for the FPD and solar-module sectors, has announced the price of its...

Analog IC maker GMT lands new orders from panel makers

Jan 13, 11:53

Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has secured power management (PWM) IC orders from LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), according to industry sources. The IC design house...

Amtran October revenues up

Nov 10, 14:41

Taiwan-based TV maker Amtran Technology has posted October revenues of NT$5.4 billion (US$167.05 million), up 1.62% sequentially from NT$5.31 billion and up 35.54% on year from NT$3.98...

Consumers want bigger and better image TVs, says NPD

Oct 26, 17:07

Screen size and a better picture are the two most important things for prospective TV buyers, according to NPD.

AUO swings to profits in 3Q09 on strong LCD panel shipments and higher prices

Oct 22, 16:15

AU Optronics (AUO) swung back to profitability in the third quarter, posting a consolidated net profit of NT$7.4 billion (US$288.41 million), with revenues rising 35% sequentially...

LCD panel prices continue to drop as expected in 2H October, says DisplaySearch

Oct 21, 16:41

LCD panel prices for all major applications continue to drop in the second half of October as expected, as clients are cautiously managing their inventory levels, according to latest...

Sharp starts shipping 10G panels, say reports

Newswatch - Oct 21, 09:51

Sharp has started shipments from its 10G LCD panel plant in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, according to the Japanese-language Nikkan.

Global flat panel display industry to recover in 2010, says DisplaySearch

Oct 20, 17:06

Global flat panel display revenues for 2009 will be US$87.6 billion, down 15% on year, according to DisplaySearch. The major reason for the decline is erosion in large-size TFT-LCD...

CMO will ramp 8.5G production in Taiwan, says company president

Oct 9, 14:45

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has decided that it will ramp up production at its 8.5G fab in Taiwan while waiting for the government to lift a ban on investment in LCD panel plants...

Top-five Taiwan panel makers post healthy revenue gains in August

Newswatch - Sep 11, 14:38

Taiwan's top-five panel makers - AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display - have all posted healthy sequential...

Corning signs agreement with Soitec to develop substrates for OLED mobile displays

Jul 31, 12:05

Corning and the Soitec Group (Euronext Paris) have announced an agreement to work together on the development of high-performance silicon-on-glass (SiOG) substrates for the flat panel...

Analog IC maker GMT look to see over 20% sequential revenue growth in 3Q09

Jul 30, 15:09

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology's (GMT's) revenues are expected to grow more than 20% sequentially to NT$1.15-1.2 billion (US$25.02-36.54 million) in third-quarter 2009...